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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL ANNEX
111 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral, Florida
FRIDAY
June 20, 1997
4:00 P.M.
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
ROLL CALL:
CONSIDERATIONS:
Council Members Present
Burt Bruns
Tony Hernandez
Buzz Petsos
Mayor John Porter
Others Present
City Manager, Bennett Boucher
City Clerk, Sandra Sims
Council Member Absent
Mayor Pro Tem Rocky Randels
1. (rape 1, 31)Mayor Porter explained that new information has been received relating to engineering
findings discovered during the initial pedestrian bridge design work performed by Stottler, Starmer
& Associates. Based on soil borings, pilings will be required to construct the bridge requiring an
additional $15,000 to $20,0000. Therefore, the Florida Department of Transportation was
informed of the additional costs. As a result, the Joint Participation Agreement with the State
of Florida Department of Transportation to Fund a Pedestrian Overpass amount was
increased from $60,000 to $75,000.
A motion was made by Mr. Bruns and seconded by Mr. Hernandez to approve the Joint
Participation Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to fund the Pedestrian
Bridge, in the amount of $75,000, with the stipulation that the City Attorney obtain the appropriate
payment schedule. The motion passed 4-0 with voting as follows: Mr. Bruns, For, Mr. Hernandez,
For, Mr. Petsos, For, and Mayor Porter, For.
2. (Tape 1, 754) City Engineer, John Pekar reported that SSA has spoken with a bridge construction
manufacturer who is familiar with the local soil conditions. He stated that the representative of
Custom Docks installed the four (4) 35° deep pilings that support the reuse line in the same location
as the proposed bridge. He reported that during the discussion, Custom Docks mentioned a
wooden bridge in Malabar they recently constructed and is guaranteed for 25 years. He reported
that the Customs Docks representative stated that he could construct a customized wooden bridge
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June 20, 1997
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for the City of Cape Canaveral within two weeks at a cost of $20- 24,000, including the pilings.
Mayor Porter queried, if the wooden pedestrian bridge were selected rather than the steel bridge,
what would the total cost be? Mr. Pekar stated that the cost would be $20- 24,000 (depending on
customization) for the bridge construction, plus approximately $1,000 permitting costs
(SJRWMD), minus $3 -4,000 estimated FPL charges, FDOT charges would remain the same, plus
$2,000 additional engineer costs for certifying the bridge structural design, or approximately
$32,000 opposed to $75- 80,000 for the steel bridge under consideration for Sole Source
Purchase from Steadfast Bridges in the amount of $27,882.
Council concurred that the sole source purchase should be deferred because the design will be
different due to the piling requirements and to receive more engineering investigative information.
The City Engineer, John Pekar was instructed to query the Florida Department of Transportation
to determine their assessment of a wooden bridge as opposed to a steel bridge.
Council concurred to place approval of a pedestrian bridge design on the July 1, 1997 meeting
agenda and the purchase approval on the July 15, 1997 agenda.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
Ai MST:
Sims, CITY CLERK
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Sohn K. Porter, MAYOR